Caroline Welcomes £37 Million Fund into Electric
Vehicles
To mark the anniversary of the Road to Zero Strategy, the
government has invested £37 million into the experience of owning
an electric vehicle.
The investment will help to expand the electric charging point
network for electric vehicles across the country, providing the
necessary infrastructure required to make owning a low-emission
car attractive and practical to consumers.
With record numbers of ultra-low emission vehicles already on UK
roads since the Road to Zero Strategy was announced, the fund
will help to ensure that reliable and innovative infrastructure
can be provided to low-emission road users.
Commenting on this, Caroline said:
“The increased investment into expanding the charging point
network for electric vehicles is fantastic news, benefitting not
only electric car users but also the wider population as more and
more people switch to low-emission vehicles.
“This will go a long way to realising the government’s objective
of ending the sale of new conventional petrol or diesel cars by
2040, an objective that is absolutely necessary to reduce
environmental and climate damage.”
Commenting on the Road to Zero Strategy last year, said:
“The coming decades are going to be transformative for our motor
industry, our national infrastructure and the way we travel. We
expect to see more change in the transport sector over the next
10 years than we have in the previous century.
“We are expecting our economy and society to experience profound
change, which is why we have marked the Future of mobility as one
of the 4 grand challenges as part of our modern Industrial
Strategy.
“The Road to Zero Strategy sets out a clear path for Britain to
be a world leader in the zero emission revolution - ensuring that
the UK has cleaner air, a better environment and a stronger
economy.”
